From the category archives:

Long Island

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Jay-Z Brings BP3 Tour To Nassau Coliseum

Jay-Z and his tour supporting Blueprint 3 hits Long Island this week, following powerful performances at Madison Square Garden (3/2) and New Jersey’s Izod Center (3/6). It will be the last New York area show before Jigga hits the road.

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SXSW Hip Hop: New York Is In The House

SXSW (South by Southwest), the gigantic yearly music festival goes down in Austin this March 12-21. Here’s a list of the NY-area contingent that will be tearing up Texas stages.

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Lord Have Mercy, This Is New York Hip Hop

Nothing says “underground hip hop” more than the Hip Hop Subway Series. Well, except maybe for the unexpected performance by a 50 year old panhandler in the cipher. Now THIS is New York hip hop!

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Birthplace Magazine Creator Interviewed by Officially F.A.D.E.D.

My-My & “E” talked with Manny Faces about his background, brainchild, hip hop and New York

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Rakim feat. Maino – Walk These Streets [Video]

The video for the Rakim/Maino “Walk These Streets”, off Rakim’s The Seventh Seal, is out. Check it below, as well as a behind the scenes clip.

Rakim, Styles P., Jadakiss, Busta Rhymes, Cocoa Chanelle – Euphoria

Rakim spits, “We the birthplace of hip-hop, get it in’s the motto/ where swagger was born, we set trends to follow…” (We like to fool ourselves into thinking it was a shoutout to BirthplaceMag.) The joint’s hot. Check it.

Videos: Rakim “The Seventh Seal” Album Release at BB Kings

The God MC Rakim returns to NYC with a new album and performs a slew of his hip-hop classics

Billboard Interview: Rakim

Billboard, by way of Reuters, spoke with Rakim regarding his latest album, The Seventh Seal, asking the usual questions re: New York hip-hop and the Aftermath saga.

Yo! Fund Rush The Show

Public Enemy turns to public, using “fan funding” to bankroll their next album

TSS Smoking Sessions: Rakim

Less than a month away from The Seventh Seal, Rakim’s latest LP release, The Smoking Session sat down with the much-proclaimed God MC to discuss his past, present and future, the meaning of the title of the album, plans for his self-owned label, and more.

Rakim ft. Maino – Walk These Streets

See our previous posting regarding Rakim and The 7th Seal (dropping Nov. 17). We’ll wait. … Ok, you’re back? Now, we’re very pleased with this…

MF Doomed: A Pipomix (Huh? … Trust Us)

So, the guy (we think) at Pipomixes says: “A few months back I went through Doom’s entire catalog of material while flying across the country. After listening to Doom 24/7 for a good two weeks, I could just hear this mix coming together without ever laying hands on a turntable. This is what I ended-up [...]

Royce Da 5′9″ feat Busta Rhymes – Dinner Time

Always hungry for Busta’s rhymes, and with Royce making a lot of NY noise lately, do these two together deliver a full 2-course meal, or just a snack?

Return of the God: Rakim’s The Seventh Seal to Drop 11/17/09

An open letter from Birthplace Magazine to the hip-hop Gods

Every Saturday, Rap Attack, Mr. Magic, Marley Marl

In radio, few can truly be called ‘pioneer’. Mr. Magic (R.I.P.) is one. The internet (and we) pay tribute…

MF Doom in the Upcoming Issue of The New Yorker [excerpt]

This is an excerpt of an excerpt from the upcoming article in the Sep. 21, 2009 issue

THHC Interviews Elliott Wilson (And We’re Inspired)

From across the pond, The Hip Hop Chronicle interviews famed hip-hop journalist Elliott Wilson, as well as several other NY hip-hop luminaries in a recent trip to the Big Apple.

NYOIL: Father Father video

(Your boy Manny Faces appears @ 3:03)


NYOIL – Father Father (Produced by DJ Green Lantern) from NYOIL on Vimeo.

Who Got Next In 2009?

No blog, website or magazine would be complete without a thought-provoking, conversation-starting, potentially-divisive and hopefully-controversial poll, for the purpose of intellectual debate (and site traffic, ha!). In that spirit, and in the spirit of the arrival of 2009, we ask in our first poll: Who from the NY-area, in ‘09, got next?

An Open Letter To Fellow Lovers Of Hip-Hop Theater

Birthplace Magazine is proud to support the Hip-Hop Theater Festival in their efforts to bring Hip-Hop theater to the classroom and stage. Here is some more information about the organization and their mission.